Employment Statistics

Consistent estimates of the numbers of employees in employment are available only from 1948. Following is the information for Great Britain for each mid-year from 1948.

Thousands

1948

19,994

1949

20,064

1950

20,318

1951

20,526

1952

20,489

1953

20,609

1954

20,961

1955

21,258

1956

21,517

1957

21,610

1958

21,450

1959(a)

21,565

1959(b)

20,983

1960

21,450

1961

21,789

1962

22,006

1963

22,060

1964

22,362

1965

22,619

1966

22,787

1967

22,347

1968

22,186

1969

22,148

1970

21,993

1971

21,648

1972

21,650

1973

22,182

1974

22,297

1975

22,213

1976

22,048

1977

22,172

1978

22,221

1979

22,367

Notes:

1. Figures from 1948 to 1959(a) are based on the mid-year counts of national insurance cards and are not strictly comparable with those for 1959(b) which put the figures for 1959(b) to 1970 on the same basis as those thereafter which are derived from the census of employment.

2. Figures from 1977 to 1979 are from the quarterly employment series and are provisional.